Brushwork Essentials by Mark Christopher Weber

These are the brushstrokes with which great oil paintings are created They give you the power to convey everything from realistic light and shadow to dynamic mood and tension .

b Mark Christopher Weber b shows you how to mix and load paint shape your brush and apply a variety of intriguing strokes in nine easy to follow demonstrations Special icons appear throughout the book to indicate which brush to use for each technique and when It couldn t be any easie